Re: To those who think we should've dropped one bomb as a demonstration,

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phil — 8/7/2001 5:33:25 PM (archived)

Neither I nor the editorial writer disagree with your point. That was the point the writer made and I, as a student of WWII history agree with. Japan did NOT capitulate after hiroshima. They also did not know we'd used our ONLY two bombs up either.

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A-bomb anniversary raises old questions - phil - 8/7/2001 1:13:08 PM
- No questions here - ebnelson - 8/9/2001 2:06:28 PM
- The continued thrashing of a long dead........ - Slick - 8/8/2001 2:40:20 PM
  - well said Slick (n/t) - phil - 8/9/2001 12:56:53 PM
- I still think New Mexico needs a mushroom cloud on their state quater. n/t (n/t) - Justin Kelly - 8/7/2001 4:31:51 PM
  - Why not? North Carolina has "first in flight" on their license plates - Larry J - 8/7/2001 8:07:29 AM
    - good idea! - Justin Kelly - 8/7/2001 12:24:44 PM
    - Re: First in Flight . . . - D. Spires - 8/7/2001 9:31:11 AM
      - There is room for debate - Larry J - 8/7/2001 9:43:44 AM
        
        Re: Okay . . . - D. Spires - 8/7/2001 12:01:56 PM
- To those who think we should've dropped one bomb as a demonstration, - Larry J - 8/7/2001 1:37:20 PM
  - Re: To those who think we should've dropped one bomb as a demonstration, - phil - 8/7/2001 5:33:25 PM
    - And that's why I didn't address the post to you - Larry J - 8/7/2001 7:14:25 PM
      - USS Indianppolis carried Little Boy - phil - 8/7/2001 9:24:31 AM
        
        Mel Gibson is starring in an upcoming movie on the Indianapolis. . . - Justin Kelly - 8/7/2001 12:00:56 PM
        
        Re: The Patriot (Mel's last revolutionary movie...about America's Civil War, actually). nt - Marcia - 8/7/2001 1:41:42 PM
        
        right, thanks, but surely you mean. . . - Justin Kelly - 8/8/2001 3:24:23 PM
        
        Re: sigh - Marcia - 8/8/2001 3:53:38 PM
        
        I have not had a chance to read that book - Larry J - 8/7/2001 9:29:38 AM
  - Re: To those whoWe only had one bomb left - Gary - 8/7/2001 5:23:01 PM
    - It was too late. Once the nuclear genie was out of the bottle, - Larry J - 8/8/2001 7:40:49 PM
      - Re: It was too late. OTeller - Gary - 8/8/2001 4:53:18 PM

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